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PECK'S CASH REGISTER

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The Cortland Democrat, Friday, February
26, 1892.

Peck's
Cash Register.

About the first of last month, Arthur [R.] Peck,
of this village, patentee and owner of Peck's Cash Register, moved his plant to
Syracuse. It is now reported that government secret service agents have seized
some of his registers in the Western States on the ground that the lock guards,
which bear fac-similes of silver quarters, are in violation of the counterfeit
laws. Mr. Peck is said to be now in Washington investigating the seizures. Mr.
Geo H. Lloyd, who has charge of the business in Mr. Peck's absence, says the
trouble is caused by the National Cash Register people with a view of injuring
the sale of Mr. Peck's register.

Within the last twenty years or so, five bouncing
boys have taken up their permanent abode with Mr. and Mrs. John S. Park of this
town, but the girl babies have been conspicuous by their absence. Nil Desperandum
has always been the motto of the
household, however, and last Saturday a healthy girl put in an appearance and
there is rejoicing all along the line.

"Remember, All on the First Floor."

HERE AND THERE.

Wm. L. Pike, of Groton, has
taken out letters patent on a road cart.

Warren, Tanner & Co.
have a new advertisement on our second page.

Teachers' examinations for
1st, 2d and 3d grade certificates will be held at the Normal School in
Cortland, March 1st and 2d.

The fine fixed by law for
refusing to give information asked for by a State [census] enumerator, or for giving
false information, is fifty dollars.

Regular quarterly meeting of
the R. M. Society will be held at the Elm Stump church, on Saturday and Sunday,
February 27th and 28th.

The regular meeting of the
King's Daughters will be held at the house of Mrs. E. Grannis, 25 Union street, Saturday, Feb. 27th, at 2:30 P. M.

The regular semi-monthly
mothers' meeting (west) will be held at the residence of Mrs. Adolph Frost,
Jr., 101 Tompkins Street, on Thursday, March, 3d, at 3 P. M. Subject,
"Religion in Character Building." All ladies are cordially invited.

A "cinch" is a sure
thing. It originally referred to the tightening of a horse's surcingle. You get
a "cinch," meaning a leverage, on the straps and make it so tight,
perhaps, that the animal's breath is shortened. A cinch is a grip like that on a
fact or something of value.

Postmasters have been notified
by officials at Washington that circulars and notices in which the reading
matter is reproduced by mechanical process in such close imitation of
typewriting that it can not be readily distinguished, must be prepaid as
letters. Heretofore such circulars were received as printed matter.

A traveling swindler was in
town last week selling writing ink. He was a beautiful penman, and successful
in disposing of a quantity of his ink. It afterward proved to be composed of
rainwater andsome kind of blacking. After it had been left standing for
a time the blacking settled in the bottom of the bottle and the so-called ink was
colorless. From Owego the fellow went to Waverly, where he had equally good
success in "picking up flats."—Oswego Gazette.

On Monday last a Supreme writ
was served on the Supervisor of the town of Harford, for damage received by Mrs.
E. L. Salisbury, by being thrown from a wagon in that town in September last.
The horse stepped through a hole in a bridge and in the attempt to extricate
himself the wagon was overturned and both Mr. and Mrs. Salisbury received
serious injury. Mr. Salisbury expects to commence an action for himself also.—Marathon
Independent.

The delegates representing
this county in the State Convention at Albany were Messrs. R. F. Randall, A. J.
McSweeney, and I. H. Palmer, the two latter acting as substitutes for J. J.
Murray and Dr. W. E. McBirney, who were unable to attend. Mr. Randall was a
member of the committee on permanent organization. Mr. Palmer was one of the
Vice Presidents and was a member of the committee on resolutions, and Mr.
McSweeney was chosen as one of the secretaries.

At about 8 o'clock on
Wednesday evening, Howard Short discovered that the dwelling house of Oliver
Perry, on North street, in McGrawville, was on fire. There was no one in the
house, the family having gone to attend a prayer meeting. Short broke the door in and gave the alarm. A bucket brigade was formed
and the flames arrested until the hand engine could be made to work. The roof
was burned off and the house was filled with water and nearly ruined. It is not
known how the fire originated, as no lamps had been left burning, and when
discovered the fire was in a wall at least eight feet from the stove. Loss
partly covered by insurance.

TOWN REPORTS.

LITTLE YORK.

W. T. Perkins is loading a car
with maple lumber for the Novelty Co., Syracuse.

John Coltrell loaded two cars
with hay from his store house at this place one day last week.

W. W. Salisbury, Jr., has
engaged to the Cortland Ice Co., and will move to that place soon.

Fishing through the ice with
one line has been frequent the past week but with very small luck.

Daniel Cummings filled his ice
house from the Blashfield dam, a thing never known on Cold Brook before.

Miss Alexander, a sister to
the one who taught last winter, has been engaged to teach our school the
ensuing term.

It leaks out that Sylvanus
Gillett was assisting one of our ingenious citizens in perfecting and applying
for a patent.

O. A. Andrews spent Sunday
with his family in Syracuse. Fred Porter assisted in his place in caring for
the milk depot.

Victor Warner moves today from
the Cushing store to the Callen house in Preble. He has engaged to Mr. Woodward
for the ensuing season.

James Woodruff, the enumerator
for this district, called on us Monday. Our number was a little over three
hundred. A lady personally friendly with his father said, "James, how does it happen that you are a democrat? I know that Flower nor Hill will place any
but democrats on guard." He replied: "How can a person read the DEMOCRAT
and World and not be a Democrat?"

Stephen Salisbury, one of the
oldest residents of this place, died Saturday, Feb. 20th, after an illness of
only three days. His father, known us Major Salisbury, lived at the first forks
of the Cold Brook road and raised a large family. There is now but one living,
Mrs. Richardson. Mr. Salisbury married a Miss Jacobs, and for many years
resided on a farm in Bennett Hollow. He afterwards purchased the Cravath farm
at which place he died. His son-in-law Melvin Pratt, has occupied the farm for
a number of years. He leaves one other daughter, Mrs. Root, who resides in
Michigan. In politics Mr. Salisbury was a republican. He had made some handsome
donations to Syracuse University and Cazenovia Seminary during his life time

PREBLE.

Roads are almost out of use
since the last blizzard.

A. Francisco has let his farm
near the depot on shares.

M. M. Outt has rented his farm
on the east hill to a Mr. MacNeil.

Mr. Tully is riding
"every day now taking the census. He takes a small boy along to hold the
horse while he drops in and counts notes.

E. M. Van Hoesen filed a
protest against the newly elected excise board on the ground that they should
have been nominated at a separate caucus.

Town meeting passed off
quietly, the license men being elected. The newly Board met last week and granted license to those applying for the same.

Mrs. Staats Outt was buried
last week. Services at the house. Mrs. Outt was an old resident in town and had
many friends and relatives The funeral was largely attended. Mrs. Outt was a
kind christian lady.

Elliott Severson was buried
last Friday. The services were conducted under the rules and by his brother
Masons at his late residence and in the cemetery. About forty of the order
attended the funeral from Homer and Cortland besides those in town.

The temperance republicans in
town expected that all the temperance men on the republican ticket would be
elected by the aid of the temperance vote as the temperance party made no
nominations, but the so-called temperance men voted intelligently and voted for
some men on the democrat ticket and they have the satisfaction that some men of
their choice were elected. The republican party here has found out that it hasn't
yet swallowed the temperance party.

SCOTT.

Mrs. Adelia Mott has been
dangerously ill.

George S. Green has bought the
farm of Mrs. Wm. Babcock near the lake.

The snow is wasting away but
we hear no regrets in consequence thereof.

Mr. Edward Slocum of
Massachusetts is here visiting, also Mr. Will Hatch.

The remains of Mrs. Harry
Stanbro, of Binghamton, were brought here Tuesday for interment. Undertaker
Crain had charge of the remains.

Married at the home of the
bride's grandfather, Mr. Richard Huson at Georgetown, Thursday, February 18,
Mr. Mortie Elster and Miss Cora Hollenbeck, all of Virgil.

Died at the home of her
daughter in McLean February 18, Mrs. Nancy Sweet, aged 73 years. Funeral
services were held in this place Sunday at the Baptist church, of which she was
a member.

Those present from this place
to the Sunday School Convention at Marathon last Wednesday, were Mrs. Ed. Crain,
Mrs. Clinton Segar, Mrs. Dr. Muncy and Mrs. W. A. Holton. They speak very highly
of the way they were entertained by the Marathon people.